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* MoralEventHorizon: Mandark of series prior was a callous rival of Dexter, but rarely escalated past being a egotistical {{Jerkass}} and even had odd sympathetic moments. The time span shown throughout this movie shows how Mandark's obsessive hatred of Dexter will embitter him so deeply that he’ll steal Dexter’s ideas to rise up the corporate ladder, outright ''murder'' his boss, and use his newfound power to torture and break Dexter on the flimsiest of pretexts. And when he finally gets his hands on the Core, he uses it the wrong way, reducing everyone else to an idiot-and instead of fixing it, takes advantage of it so he can be the smartest being on Earth. His acts are malicious enough to earn him a FateWorseThanDeath as karma. Though episodes afterwards revert Mandark back to his original smug but pitiful character.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Mandark of series prior was a callous rival of Dexter, but rarely escalated past being a egotistical {{Jerkass}} and even had odd sympathetic moments. The time span shown throughout this movie shows how Mandark's obsessive hatred of Dexter will embitter him so deeply that he’ll steal Dexter’s ideas to rise up the corporate ladder, outright ''murder'' his boss, and use his newfound power to torture and break Dexter on the flimsiest of pretexts. And when he finally gets his hands on the Core, he uses it the wrong way, reducing everyone else to an idiot-and instead of fixing it, takes advantage of it so he can be the smartest being on Earth. His acts are malicious enough to earn him a FateWorseThanDeath as karma. Though episodes afterwards revert Mandark back to his original smug but pitiful character.
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** Dexter is egotistical enough to believe that he saved the future, and willingly travels there to watch himself do it. Creator/GenndyTartakovsky's [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack next, more famous show]] was about a humble man who ''actually'' saves the future after being sent there ''against'' his will.
** Mandark becomes the smartest person in the world by misusing the [[McGuffin Neurotomic Protocore]], causing it to send out waves which render the rest of the world stupid. Two years later, the ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' episode "Plague Of Babies" has Gir misusing a power amplifier by sticking the wires for it in his head and turning it on, causing it to send out "deadly waves of stupid" which incapacitate anyone who gets too close to it.
** Dexter is egotistical enough to believe that he saved the future, and willingly travels there to watch himself do it. Creator/GenndyTartakovsky's [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack next, more famous show]] was about a humble man who ''actually'' saves the future after being sent there ''against'' his will.
** Mandark becomes the smartest person in the world by misusing the [[McGuffin Neurotomic Protocore]], causing it to send out waves which render the rest of the world stupid. Two years later, the ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' episode "Plague Of Babies" has Gir misusing a power amplifier by sticking the wires for it in his head and turning it on, causing it to send out "deadly waves of stupid" which incapacitate anyone who gets too close to it.
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**HilariousInHindsight: Dexter is egotistical enough to believe that he saved the future, and willingly travels there to watch himself do it. Creator/GenndyTartakovsky's [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack next, more famous show]] was about a humble man who ''actually'' saves the future after being sent there ''against'' his will.
** Mandark becomes the smartest person in the world by misusing the [[McGuffin Neurotomic Protocore]], causing it to send out waves which render the rest of the world stupid. Two years later, the ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' episode "Plague Of Babies" has Gir misusing a power amplifier by sticking the wires for it in his head and turning it on, causing it to send out "deadly waves of stupid" which incapacitate anyone who gets too close to it.will.
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** Mandark becomes the smartest person in the world by misusing the [[McGuffin Neurotomic Protocore]], causing it to send out waves which render the rest of the world stupid. Two years later, the ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' episode "Plague Of Babies" has Gir misusing a power amplifier by sticking the wires for it in his head and turning it on, causing it to send out "deadly waves of stupid" which incapacitate anyone who gets too close to it.
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* CrossesTheLineTwice: Number 12 having a PTSD attack at the sound of Mandark's voice? Not funny. Him [[ScreamsLikeAGirl screaming like a girl]] when that happens? Hilarious.
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* CrossesTheLineTwice: Number 12 having a PTSD attack at the sound of Mandark's voice? Not funny. Him [[ScreamsLikeAGirl [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl screaming like a girl]] when that happens? Hilarious.
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* {{Squick}}: The scene in which Dee Dee distracts the four Mandarks and presses the button that saves the world is meant to be funny, given how Dee Dee ends up being the one who saves the future and how the Mandarks never stopped loving her. However, while this is okay for young Mandark, the other Mandarks are older men and Dee Dee is a young girl...
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* CatharsisFactor: The fight between all the Dexters and Mandarks is pretty awesome, though seeing Twelve finally snap against all the crushing abuse he suffered from his Mandark and ''brutally kick the shit out of him'' is especially gratifying.
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** Dexter is egotistical enough to believe that he saved the future, and willingly travels there to save it. Creator/GenndyTartakovsky's [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack next, more famous show]] was about a humble man who ''actually'' saves the future after being sent there ''against'' his will.
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** Dexter is egotistical enough to believe that he saved the future, and willingly travels there to save watch himself do it. Creator/GenndyTartakovsky's [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack next, more famous show]] was about a humble man who ''actually'' saves the future after being sent there ''against'' his will.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Mandark of series prior was a callous rival of Dexter, but rarely escalated past being a egotistical {{Jerkass}} and even had odd sympathetic moments. The time span shown throughout this movie shows how Mandark's obsessive hatred of Dexter will embitter him so deeply that he steal Dexter’s ideas to rise up the corporate ladder, outright ''murder''the CEO, and use his newfound power to torture and break Dexter on the flimsiest pretexts. And when he finally gets his hands on the Core, he ends up reducing everyone else to an idiot-and instead of fixing his mistake, takes advantage of it so he can be the smartest being on Earth). His acts are malicious enough to earn him a FateWorseThanDeath as karma. Though episodes afterwards revert Mandark back to his original smug but pitiful character.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Mandark of series prior was a callous rival of Dexter, but rarely escalated past being a egotistical {{Jerkass}} and even had odd sympathetic moments. The time span shown throughout this movie shows how Mandark's obsessive hatred of Dexter will embitter him so deeply that he he’ll steal Dexter’s ideas to rise up the corporate ladder, outright ''murder''the CEO, ''murder'' his boss, and use his newfound power to torture and break Dexter on the flimsiest of pretexts. And when he finally gets his hands on the Core, he ends up uses it the wrong way, reducing everyone else to an idiot-and instead of fixing his mistake, it, takes advantage of it so he can be the smartest being on Earth).Earth. His acts are malicious enough to earn him a FateWorseThanDeath as karma. Though episodes afterwards revert Mandark back to his original smug but pitiful character.
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** Dexter is egotistical enough to believe that he "saved the future" and willingly travels there to save it himself. Creator/GenndyTartakovsky's [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack next, more famous show]] was about a humble man who ''actually'' saves the future after being sent there against his will.
** Mandark becomes the smartest person in the world by misusing the {{mcguffin}}, causing it to send out literal waves of negativity which render the rest of the world stupid. Two years later, the ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' episode "Plague Of Babies" has Gir misusing a power amplifier by sticking the wires for it in his head and turning it on, causing it to send out "deadly waves of stupid" which incapacitate anyone who gets to close to it.
* MoralEventHorizon: Mandark of series prior was a callous rival of Dexter, but rarely escalated past being a egotistical {{Jerkass}} and even had odd sympathetic moments. The time span shown throughout this movie shows how Mandark's obsessive hatred of Dexter will embitter him to control the world (using technology to reduce everyone to an idiot just so he can claim himself to be the smartest being on Earth) and use his power to torture and break Dexter at every point possible. His acts are malicious enough to earn him a FateWorseThanDeath as karma. Though episodes afterwards revert Mandark back to his original smug but pitiful character.
** Mandark becomes the smartest person in the world by misusing the {{mcguffin}}, causing it to send out literal waves of negativity which render the rest of the world stupid. Two years later, the ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' episode "Plague Of Babies" has Gir misusing a power amplifier by sticking the wires for it in his head and turning it on, causing it to send out "deadly waves of stupid" which incapacitate anyone who gets to close to it.
* MoralEventHorizon: Mandark of series prior was a callous rival of Dexter, but rarely escalated past being a egotistical {{Jerkass}} and even had odd sympathetic moments. The time span shown throughout this movie shows how Mandark's obsessive hatred of Dexter will embitter him to control the world (using technology to reduce everyone to an idiot just so he can claim himself to be the smartest being on Earth) and use his power to torture and break Dexter at every point possible. His acts are malicious enough to earn him a FateWorseThanDeath as karma. Though episodes afterwards revert Mandark back to his original smug but pitiful character.
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** Dexter is egotistical enough to believe that he "saved saved the future" future, and willingly travels there to save it himself. it. Creator/GenndyTartakovsky's [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack next, more famous show]] was about a humble man who ''actually'' saves the future after being sent there against ''against'' his will.
** Mandark becomes the smartest person in the world by misusing the{{mcguffin}}, [[McGuffin Neurotomic Protocore]], causing it to send out literal waves of negativity which render the rest of the world stupid. Two years later, the ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' episode "Plague Of Babies" has Gir misusing a power amplifier by sticking the wires for it in his head and turning it on, causing it to send out "deadly waves of stupid" which incapacitate anyone who gets to too close to it.
* MoralEventHorizon: Mandark of series prior was a callous rival of Dexter, but rarely escalated past being a egotistical {{Jerkass}} and even had odd sympathetic moments. The time span shown throughout this movie shows how Mandark's obsessive hatred of Dexter will embitter him so deeply that he steal Dexter’s ideas tocontrol rise up the world (using technology to reduce everyone to an idiot just so he can claim himself to be the smartest being on Earth) corporate ladder, outright ''murder''the CEO, and use his newfound power to torture and break Dexter at every point possible.on the flimsiest pretexts. And when he finally gets his hands on the Core, he ends up reducing everyone else to an idiot-and instead of fixing his mistake, takes advantage of it so he can be the smartest being on Earth). His acts are malicious enough to earn him a FateWorseThanDeath as karma. Though episodes afterwards revert Mandark back to his original smug but pitiful character.
** Mandark becomes the smartest person in the world by misusing the
* MoralEventHorizon: Mandark of series prior was a callous rival of Dexter, but rarely escalated past being a egotistical {{Jerkass}} and even had odd sympathetic moments. The time span shown throughout this movie shows how Mandark's obsessive hatred of Dexter will embitter him so deeply that he steal Dexter’s ideas to
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** Mandark becomes the smartest person in the world by misusing the {{macguffen}}, causing it to send out literal waves of negativity which render the rest of the world stupid. Two years later, the ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' episode "Plague Of Babies" has Gir misusing a power amplifier by sticking the wires for it in his head and turning it on, causing it to send out "deadly waves of stupid" which incapacitate anyone who gets to close to it.
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** Mandark becomes the smartest person in the world by misusing the {{macguffen}}, {{mcguffin}}, causing it to send out literal waves of negativity which render the rest of the world stupid. Two years later, the ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' episode "Plague Of Babies" has Gir misusing a power amplifier by sticking the wires for it in his head and turning it on, causing it to send out "deadly waves of stupid" which incapacitate anyone who gets to close to it.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Dexter is egotistical enough to believe that he "saved the future" and willingly travels there to save it himself. Creator/GenndyTartakovsky's [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack next, more famous show]] was about a humble man who ''actually'' saves the future after being sent there against his will.
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* HilariousInHindsight: HilariousInHindsight
** Dexter is egotistical enough to believe that he "saved the future" and willingly travels there to save it himself. Creator/GenndyTartakovsky's [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack next, more famous show]] was about a humble man who ''actually'' saves the future after being sent there against hiswill.will.
** Mandark becomes the smartest person in the world by misusing the {{macguffen}}, causing it to send out literal waves of negativity which render the rest of the world stupid. Two years later, the ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' episode "Plague Of Babies" has Gir misusing a power amplifier by sticking the wires for it in his head and turning it on, causing it to send out "deadly waves of stupid" which incapacitate anyone who gets to close to it.
** Dexter is egotistical enough to believe that he "saved the future" and willingly travels there to save it himself. Creator/GenndyTartakovsky's [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack next, more famous show]] was about a humble man who ''actually'' saves the future after being sent there against his
** Mandark becomes the smartest person in the world by misusing the {{macguffen}}, causing it to send out literal waves of negativity which render the rest of the world stupid. Two years later, the ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' episode "Plague Of Babies" has Gir misusing a power amplifier by sticking the wires for it in his head and turning it on, causing it to send out "deadly waves of stupid" which incapacitate anyone who gets to close to it.
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* TearJerker: Unlike most of the cartoon, we didn't really see anyone get hurt by anyone as cruelly as Mandark hurt Number 12. He shouts in pain, flinches easily, and in general is just such a broken, pathetic man compared to the boy genius he used to be.
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* TearJerker: Unlike most of the cartoon, we didn't really see anyone get hurt by anyone as cruelly as Mandark hurt whipping Number 12. He Unlike the show proper, this is the first time he actually hurts anyone. 12 shouts in pain, flinches easily, and in general is just such a broken, pathetic man compared to the boy genius he used to be.
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* TheWoobie: 12. The poor guy is such a coward that the mere sound of Mandark's voice sends him into a TroubledFetalPosition.
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* TheWoobie: 12. He has been under Mandark’s control for who knows how long and had lost a good portion of his confidence due to Mandark publicly torturing him and stealing his ideas. The poor guy is such a coward that the mere sound of Mandark's voice sends him into a TroubledFetalPosition.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Mandark of series prior was a callous rival of Dexter, but rarely escalated past being a egotistical {{Jerkass}} and even had odd sympathetic moments. The time span shown throughout this movie shows how Mandark's obsessive hatred of Dexter will embitter him to control the world (using technology to reduce everyone to an idiot just so he can claim himself to be the smartest being on Earth) and use his power to torture and break Dexter at every point possible. His acts are malicious enough to earn him a FateWorseThanDeath as karma. Downplayed as episodes afterwards revert Mandark back to his original smug but pitiful character.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Mandark of series prior was a callous rival of Dexter, but rarely escalated past being a egotistical {{Jerkass}} and even had odd sympathetic moments. The time span shown throughout this movie shows how Mandark's obsessive hatred of Dexter will embitter him to control the world (using technology to reduce everyone to an idiot just so he can claim himself to be the smartest being on Earth) and use his power to torture and break Dexter at every point possible. His acts are malicious enough to earn him a FateWorseThanDeath as karma. Downplayed as Though episodes afterwards revert Mandark back to his original smug but pitiful character.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Dexter is egotistical enough to believe that he "saved the future" and willingly travels there to save it himself. Genndy Tartakovsky's [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack next, more famous show]] was about a humble man who ''actually'' saves the future after being sent there against his will.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Dexter is egotistical enough to believe that he "saved the future" and willingly travels there to save it himself. Genndy Tartakovsky's Creator/GenndyTartakovsky's [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack next, more famous show]] was about a humble man who ''actually'' saves the future after being sent there against his will.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Mandark of series prior was a callous rival of Dexter, but rarely escalated past being a egotistical Jerkass and even had odd sympathetic moments. The time span shown throughout this movie shows how Mandark's obsessive hatred of Dexter will embitter him to control the world (using technology to reduce everyone to an idiot just so he can claim himself to be the smartest being on Earth) and use his power to torture and break Dexter at every point possible. His acts are malicious enough to earn him a FateWorseThanDeath as karma. Downplayed as episodes afterwards revert Mandark back to his original smug but pitiful character.
* {{Tearjerker}}: Unlike most of the cartoon, we didn't really see anyone get hurt by anyone as cruelly as Mandark hurt Number 12. He shouts in pain, flinches easily, and in general is just such a broken, pathetic man compared to the boy genius he used to be.
* {{Tearjerker}}: Unlike most of the cartoon, we didn't really see anyone get hurt by anyone as cruelly as Mandark hurt Number 12. He shouts in pain, flinches easily, and in general is just such a broken, pathetic man compared to the boy genius he used to be.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Mandark of series prior was a callous rival of Dexter, but rarely escalated past being a egotistical Jerkass {{Jerkass}} and even had odd sympathetic moments. The time span shown throughout this movie shows how Mandark's obsessive hatred of Dexter will embitter him to control the world (using technology to reduce everyone to an idiot just so he can claim himself to be the smartest being on Earth) and use his power to torture and break Dexter at every point possible. His acts are malicious enough to earn him a FateWorseThanDeath as karma. Downplayed as episodes afterwards revert Mandark back to his original smug but pitiful character.
*{{Tearjerker}}: TearJerker: Unlike most of the cartoon, we didn't really see anyone get hurt by anyone as cruelly as Mandark hurt Number 12. He shouts in pain, flinches easily, and in general is just such a broken, pathetic man compared to the boy genius he used to be.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Thomas Chase and Steve Rucker's already filmic score for the show getting played by a live orchestra is what really pushes the special from just being a lot episode into a full-blown BigDamnMovie.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Dexter is egotistical enough to believe that he "saved the future" and willingly travels there to save it himself. Genndy Tartakovsky's [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack next, more famous show]] was about a humble man who ''actually'' saves the future after being sent there against his will.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: While Thomas Chase and Steve Rucker's filmic score for the show already sounded amazing, having it performed by a live orchestra (as opposed to a synth one) finally gives it it's proper respect.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: While the show itself already had a pretty epic music score, having it performed by an actual orchestra finally gives it it's proper respect.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: While Thomas Chase and Steve Rucker's filmic score for the show itself already had a pretty epic music score, sounded amazing, having it performed by an actual a live orchestra (as opposed to a synth one) finally gives it it's proper respect.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Mandark of series prior was a callous rival of Dexter, but rarely escalated past being a egotistical Jerkass and even had odd sympathetic moments. The time span shown throughout this movie shows how Mandark's obsessive hatred of Dexter will embitter him to control the world (using technology to reduce everyone to an idiot just so he can claim himself to be the smartest being on Earth) and use his power to torture and break Dexter at every point possible. His acts are malicious enough to earn him a FateWorseThanDeath as karma. Downplayed as episodes afterwards revert Mandark back to his original smug but pitiful character.
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* {{Tearjerker}}: Unlike most of the cartoon, we didn't really see anyone get hurt by anyone as cruelly as Mandark hurt Number 12. He shouts in pain, flinches easily, and it's just sad to see the boy genius we know and love grow up to be such a broken person he's even lost his famous accent.
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* {{Tearjerker}}: Unlike most of the cartoon, we didn't really see anyone get hurt by anyone as cruelly as Mandark hurt Number 12. He shouts in pain, flinches easily, and it's in general is just sad such a broken, pathetic man compared to see the boy genius we know and love grow up he used to be such a broken person he's even lost his famous accent.be.
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** Dexter's motivational speech to his young adult self, a poor, timid young man who desperately needed to regain his confidence.
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* RewatchBonus: This movie features a clever little detail that hints at the ending. The robots that come back to the present don't attack Dexter or try to fight him even as he destroys them. The first time through, it just seems like Dexter was too fast for them. The second time you realize it's because [[spoiler: Dexter built them and they weren't there to attack him in the first place. Dexter's egotistical belief that he ''had'' to be the one who saved the future started the whole plot.]]
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* CompleteMonster: Mandark goes from a revenge-driven EnemyMine but otherwise not totally evil kid to a sadistic, power-hungry overlord who tortures Dexter so everyone can see it for the crime of almost being late.
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* {{Tearjerker}}: Unlike most of the cartoon, we didn't really see anyone get hurt by anyone as cruelly as Mandark hurt Number 12. He shouts in pain, flinches easily, and it's just sad to see the boy genius we know and love grow up to be such a broken person e's even lost his famous accent.
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* {{Tearjerker}}: Unlike most of the cartoon, we didn't really see anyone get hurt by anyone as cruelly as Mandark hurt Number 12. He shouts in pain, flinches easily, and it's just sad to see the boy genius we know and love grow up to be such a broken person e's he's even lost his famous accent.accent.
* TheWoobie: 12. The poor guy is such a coward that the mere sound of Mandark's voice sends him into a TroubledFetalPosition.
* TheWoobie: 12. The poor guy is such a coward that the mere sound of Mandark's voice sends him into a TroubledFetalPosition.
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* CriticalDissonance: The movie wasn't all that well received by TV critics. Now, go ask some of the fans what they thought of it. The answer you'll get will likely be [[CultClassic pretty different]].
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* RewatchBonus: This movie features a clever little detail that hints at the ending. The robots that come back to the present don't attack Dexter or try to fight him even as he destroys them. The first time through, it just seems like Dexter was too fast for them. The second time you realize it's because [[spoiler: Dexter built them and they weren't there to attack him in the first place. Dexter's egotistical belief that he ''had'' to be the one who saved the future started the whole plot.]]
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* {{Heartwarming}}: Dexter's motivational speech to his young adult self, a poor, timid young man who desperately needed to regain his confidence.
** In a way, the fact that Mandark has still loved Dee Dee after all that time.
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** In a way, the fact that Mandark has still loved Dee Dee after all that time.
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* Tearjerker: {{Tearjerker}}: Unlike most of the cartoon, we didn't really see anyone get hurt by anyone as cruelly as Mandark hurt Number 12. He shouts in pain, flinches easily, and it's just sad to see the boy genius we know and love grow up to be such a broken person.
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* CompleteMonster: Mandark goes from a revenge-driven EnemyMine but otherwise not totally evil kid to a sadistic, power-hungry overlord who tortures Dexter so everyone can see it for the crime of almost being late.
* Tearjerker: Unlike most of the cartoon, we didn't really see anyone get hurt by anyone as cruelly as Mandark hurt Number 12. He shouts in pain, flinches easily, and it's just sad to see the boy genius we know and love grow up to be such a broken person.
* Tearjerker: Unlike most of the cartoon, we didn't really see anyone get hurt by anyone as cruelly as Mandark hurt Number 12. He shouts in pain, flinches easily, and it's just sad to see the boy genius we know and love grow up to be such a broken person.
